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The Girls: “If it was your daughter”

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4.712.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

17-year-old Aryalle Stoner runs away from home and tells the police that her father, Ronnie Stoner, has been sexually abusing her for years. The cursory investigation that follows is representative of a larger issue with child sex abuse investigations in Louisville.

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0:00.0

Hey, I'm Kelly McEvers, and this is Embedded from NPR. We've been sharing a series called The Girls.

0:07.6

It's the latest series by the podcast Dig from Louisville Public Media, and you're about to hear the third episode in the series.

0:15.7

As a reminder, both Ronnie and Donnie Stoner deny all allegations against them and decline to speak to reporter Jess Clark.

0:24.1

This episode introduces us to a different kind of accusation against one of the Stoner siblings.

0:30.4

It's not about how they treated one of their students, but someone even closer to home.

0:36.2

Heads up that there is some cursing in this episode.

0:38.9

Here's reporter Jess Clark.

0:41.3

A listener note, this story contains accounts of child sex abuse.

0:48.7

This is Dig from the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting.

0:53.3

I'm Jess Clark.

0:54.8

In the last two episodes, you heard about how Ronnie and Donnie Stoner allegedly abused a student at a small Christian school in Louisville, Kentucky,

1:04.1

and then moved on to the public school district, Jefferson County Public Schools.

1:09.1

Donnie got a teaching job at a top middle school and became

1:12.6

football coach at one of the most prestigious high schools in the state. And Ronnie was recognized

1:18.1

with a district-wide award for his work with vulnerable youth. But the shiny exterior did not reflect

1:25.3

what several teen girls say was happening behind closed doors, that in

1:30.0

reality, these twin brothers were allegedly predators who used their positions to get close

1:36.1

to their female students, groom them, and abuse them, causing life-changing trauma.

1:41.6

At least two girls went to school administrators about Ronnie, but JCPS continued

1:47.2

to promote him. In this episode, you're going to hear from another alleged survivor who went to police

1:54.2

and how the entity that's sworn to protect and serve let her down.

2:07.3

In ER, and I'm 21.

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